Saturday, July 20, 2013

Natural (Great) Albania or new war on Balkans – Koço Danaj

MONTENEGRO – Albanian politician Koço Danaj said that Montenegro
should leave eastern parts of its territory, mainly inhabited by
Albanian population, so that territory would belong to “Natural Albania”
, reported Serbian daily Kurir. If “Natural Albania” is not formed, there will be new war on the Balkans, he said.

Photo from: www.abcnews.al

Danaj, in an interview for the DPA agency, said that all Albanians should live in one state.
He also said that Albanians suffered great injustice at the
conference in London in 1913. At the conference was prevented the
unification of all Albaninas, although few years back everyone had
agreed to it.
“Today we demand unification of all Albanians, without war,” said Danaj.
When asked what sort of effect would cause forming of “The Great
Albania”, he said that they [Albanians] actually like to call it
“Natural Albania” because the term “The Great Albania” comes from the
Nazis during the World War II.
“The effect is the guarantee that there will be no more violence on
the Balkans. Otherwise, new Balkan war is pending. If we have Albania in
its natural borders, this will not happen,” said Danaj.
When asked how can the “Natural Albania” be created for all
Albanians, he said that the only solution is organizing new
international conference. Danaj, at the promotion of its political list
“Natural Albania” in 2010, said that the creation of the new state can
be done peacefully and through negotiations with neighbors.
Danaj also asked the Government of Montenegro to organize a
referendum which would allow Albanians to say whether they would like to
continue living in Montenegro or to have their territories set aside.
In january this year, leading Kosovo and Albanian media wrote about
the existence of the future map of Europe, which predicts that the Great
Albania will be created by 2035. This were prognosis made by, as said
at the time, by the American CIA analysts.
Milovan Drecun, chairman of the board for Kosovo and Metohija of the Serbian Parliament, said recently that the signing of the agreement of military cooperation between Kosovo and Albania,
as well as having Albanian military forces on the Kosovo territory, is
heavy and unacceptable provocation that contributes to destabilization
of peace in the region and sends the message of great Albanian
pretensions.

BELGRADE – Milovan Drecun, president of the parliamentary
Committee for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), stated on Tuesday that forming
armed forces in Kosovo destabilizes the position of Serbs, and poses a
threat not only for the survival and security of Serbs in Kosovo, but
also for the implementation of the Brussels agreement.
Drecun told reporters in the parliament that such formation can in no way be a protector of the citizens.
“How this formation will be called does not change the essence. As
for us, this cannot be the army of Kosovo since we do not recognize
Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence,” Drecun said.
He believes that such forces are no contribution to the regional
peace and stabilization, and that they do not contribute to the
implementation of the Brussels agreement.
“This armed force, which is the successor of notorious Kosovo
Protection Corps which succeeded the Kosovo Liberation Army, was
created, trained and armed by NATO. I believe that it is not a
contribution to regional peace and stability to have this formation
administratively renamed into a kind of army,” Drecun said.
He thinks that the Albanian side is operating mostly for internal
reasons since it has felt that its position in the international arena
is weakening and it wants to establish itself as a NATO partner.

The Socialist Party and Socialist Movement for Integration condemned the
initiative of the Central Election Commission to open all the ballot
boxes in Lezhe and Shkoder.

According to Ilirian Celibashi and Luan Rama, these decisions are against the Electoral College.

“The
four CEC members were unable to bring a formal pretext for this
decision. Opening all the ballot boxes in these districts when none of
the interested parties requested this, and when the Central Election
Commission has no proof, makes this decision merely arrogant and against
the law”, Celibashi declared.

“It is clear for everyone what is
currently happening at the Central Election Commission. This is a
consequence of the political pressure made by the outgoing government”,
Celibashi declared.

“Although the people who encouraged this
initiative are very clear that nothing will change the electoral result,
the Socialist Party reports this act which will only bring as
consequence a deeper compromising of the outgoing government’s good will
for a political rotation decent to an European country”, Celibashi
declared.

Luan Rama from the Socialist Movement for Integration
declared that the Central Election Commission is implementing double
standards.

“Allow me to bring to your attention another fact
which proves that this halved CEC is implementing two standards, against
the law. We can compare it to the request of the Socialist Movement for
Integration for 15 boxes in Kukes, which was accepted by this halved
CEC. While for the case of Lezhe they apply a different standard”, Rama
underlined.

It is about time! Greek shipowners, who until now have enjoyed a tax
free life in Greece, said that they are going to support the state
budget with 140 million Euros annually for the next
four years. Peanuts some would say, but at least it is a step in the
right direction, because 140 x 4 = 520 million and many jobs can be
created with this kind of money!

The announcement was made while
they met with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. On his part Samaras said
this was a significant decision and praised the role of Greek shipowners
underlining that the shipping sector has always supported the country's
efforts.

Samaras said that 90 pct of the shipping fleet under Greek flag
and a 65 pct of the fleet under foreign flag is planning to support
this effort in a first stage. As such, the shipowners are set to
immediately offer 75 million Euros and then the Greek shipowners union
is planning to support the state budget with 140 million Euros annually,
for the next four years.

(Editor: They will never gain the
prestige of Aristotle Onassis, who unlike them, fully and
unconditionally supported the Greek economy and the product called
Greece. Today's shipowners unfortunately threaten to change their flag
to a foreign one every time the government asks them to pay taxes!)

Strong declaration of the Greek archbishop Ambrose: "The memorandum, brings war with Turkey or social rebellion"A military conflict with Turkey or a social uprising inside is not
impossible, as estimated by the Metropolitan Ambrose the Greek archbishop,in an
article published yesterday. He characterized for
national positions and the courage of his words, is
denunciatory against memorandum of the greek governments stressing that "if Greece
continue this course heading for a new national disaster."

Vvisiting the German minister, Schaeuble, Bishop speaks of "obedience" to "German boot"
while Samaras criticized the government that not only drains finances of the Greek
citizens already but which destroys morale, since worships of
Germans without bringing the slightest resistance, to provide citizens with at least some dignity.Considers
that this depression of morale leads thousands of Greeks in suicide,
and the next few months with the love letter from the Tax Office will
bring new suicides with the government..Concludes
that it is not a prophecy, but on common sense, based on which the
Reverend sees occurs a great destruction of national dimensions, or
outside on the side of Turkey, either from within a large social
uprising with unpredictable dimensions Ambrosios said.

Friday, July 19, 2013

Fule: Kosovo may complete SAA process next spring

Source: Tanjug

PRIŠTINA -- Stefan Fule stated in Priština on
Thursday that Kosovo may wrap up the process of the Stabilization and
Association Agreement (SAA) in the spring of 2014.

The
EU enlargement commissioner told a joint press conference held with
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci that the decision on opening SAA
negotiations with Kosovo was "a deserved reward for the great work
Kosovo's institutions have done."
He also said and that EU members decided unanimously to approve the start of SAA talks with Kosovo.

With this decision, Fule added, Kosovo has definitely entered the agenda of EU integration and membership.

Fule also commended "Priština's constructive role in talks with Belgrade."

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Many Durres hotels are empty17/07/2013

July is counting the second fortnight off, and traditionally this is the
peak of the holidays, but this is not something you can say for Durres,
Golem and the other beaches in this area. There is a drastic fall of
the number of holiday goers and the ones saying this mostly are the
owners of several businesses by the beach.

“This tourist season is very
weak compared to last year. It looks like we are not in summer now, with
this low demand”, one worker says.

The weather this year has not been very good for a nice tourist season.

But
what has damaged Durres and Golem mostly is also the Ramadan. The most
loyal holiday makers of this area are the Albanians of Kosovo, who are
also Islam devotees.

“Maybe the crisis, the bad weather has
decreased the number of holiday makers, and probably even Ramadan, since
Kosovo beach goers respect this tradition”, the business owners say.

While
some businesses are ready to declare bankruptcy for this year, other
holiday makers are enjoying the situation, because the beach is calmer,
the water and the sand cleaner.

“This is the first time that we come here and we like. It is very nice here”, one of them said.

“I’m
coming for the third time this year, and I can see that it is very
clean, there is good service and good people”, another visitor says.

This
tourism season has not been very well for most of the Albanian Riviera.
Businesses hope that the situation will change in the first 10 days of
August, if the weather will be any better.

"Kosovo issue open from start to finish of EU talks"

Source: Tanjug

BELGRADE -- Ivica Dačić has said it is " very
important for Serbia to respond quickly to starting signal for the
beginning of EU accession talks."

(Tanjug)

The country should also "form a negotiating team and determine who will be its chief negotiator."
The
Serbian prime minister welcomed EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule
in Belgrade on Wednesday, pointing out that "we now officially fall
under his department."

The prime minister told a joint press
conference after a meeting at the Palace of Serbia that Fule's arrival
in Belgrade shows that Brussels too "believes that Serbia will be the
29th EU member."

Fule informed Dačić that he will present the negotiating framework for Serbia to EU members next week.

"I thank Fule for reacting so quickly, after the decision of the
European Council to open accession talks, and for coming with a team
which already prepared the negotiating framework," Dačić said.

Fule told Dačić that his team has already prepared the framework plan of
screening for Serbia, which will start in late September and last for
18 months.

The meeting also discussed which chapters of accession talks will be opened first, Fule added.

"It is very important that the SAA enters into force on September 1,
which means that the interim trade agreement will no longer be valid,
and this is great progress for Serbia," Fule added.

EU
Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule stated Wednesday that the
suggestion is that the issue of the normalization of Belgrade-Priština
relations be addressed in Chapter 35, which would be open from the
beginning to the end of EU accession talks with Serbia.

"We
chose Chapter 35 and proposed to Member States that the same procedures
are applied to it as for Chapter 23 - judiciary and fundamental freedoms
- and that it is opened on the same principle at the very beginning,
stays open throughout the process and is closed at the end, Fule told a
joint press conference.

Dačić pointed out that the EU "knows that Serbia will never recognize the independence of Kosovo."

"We expect the negotiating framework not to contain formulations which
would imply that Serbia has to recognize Kosovo's independence. This
would be absolutely unacceptable for us," the prime minister said.

Fule also stated that Serbia has to appoint a lead negotiator in EU
entry talks and put the EU issue at the top of its agenda, and
underscored that all agreements in the dialogue with Priština need to be
implemented.

Fule said that is a part of the document that
contains basic steps that Serbia will have to take, now when the
negotiations have opened.

Fule presented the Serbian leadership with the document on Wednesday.

Fule also presented in Belgrade a draft timeline for the screening
process, which refers to the reforms that Serbia has carried out and
will begin on September 1 and most likely last until June 2015.

Next week, we will present a draft framework for negotiations to the EU
member states in Brussels. After a debate, this framework should be
adopted with the aim of holding the first intergovernmental conference
in January at the latest, Fule said.

Much has been done, but
great efforts are needed for the first intergovernmental conference to
be held in January, possibly even earlier, Fule said.

Dačić
said that Serbia's lead negotiator in EU entry talks should not a
high-ranking political figure, as Serbia will have a state delegation
that will take part in the talks.

All other bodies that are
needed for accession talks have practically been established, he said,
adding that a state delegation is yet to be formed and a chief
negotiator appointed.

Dačić said that the role of the lead
negotiator is very important, so authorities are now considering who
could be the best solution for that job.

“We should put forward
the best proposal- that is the essence. The negotiator should not be a
high-ranking political figure, but rather head of technical talks, as at
political level, we will have a state delegation, the prime minister's
team and others,” Dačić said.

It is not necessary that Serbia
has another politician in the negotiating process, “in a sense that the
negotiator should not approach that job in the same way as the political
position, but if someone from political circles wants to perform these
duties, this will have to be their main job.”

Dačić is of the
opinion that the talks should include as many people as possible, so as
to mobilize all sectors of the society, including the civil sector,
NGOs, various professionals and experts.

On Wednesday, Fule also met with Dačić's deputy Aleksandar Vučić and a number of other ministers.

On Thursday, he is scheduled to address the members of the Serbian parliament and meet with President Tomislav Nikolić.

Pegasus launches flights to Tirana, Albania

Pegasus Airlines continues to expand its network rapidly with the addition of such new routes as Albania's Tirana.
Pegasus' latest new destination of Tirana launches on 2 September and
will run five times a week from Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport.
Guests from London can fly to Tirana via Istanbul at fares starting from
just £78.65 including taxes and charges.
This latest route from Pegasus in Eastern Europe offers shuttle
flights to Tirana on Mondays and Thursdays departing at 14:50 from
Istanbul, returning from Tirana at 16:15 and on Tuesdays, Fridays and
Sundays departing at 10:15 from Istanbul, returning from Tirana at
11:40.
Pegasus' latest new destination, Tirana, brings its network
encompassing Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the Caucasus to 72
destinations in 30 countries, of which 43 are outside of Turkey.
Pegasus is based at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport in Turkey.
PEGASUS CONNECTS TIRANA TO 45 DESTINATIONS
Pegasus will be flying from Tirana to 21 destinations within Turkey,
including Adana, Alanya (Gazipasa), Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman,
Denizli, Elazig, Gaziantep, Hatay, Izmir, Kahramanmaras, Kayseri, Konya,
Kutahya (Zafer), Malatya, Nevsehir, Samsun, Sanliurfa, Sivas and
Trabzon.
Pegasus will also be flying from Tirana to 25 destinations beyond
Turkey including Almaty, Amsterdam, Baku, Beirut, Berlin, Bishkek,
Bucharest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Doha, Donetsk, Dubai, Kharkiv,
Krasnodar, London, Marseilles, North Cyprus (Ercan), Nuremberg, Omsk,
Skopje, St Etienne / Lyon, Stockholm, Tbilisi, Tehran and Tel Aviv.

Albania's PM-designate vows to 'defeat' corruption

Albania is the most corrupt country in Europe according
to Transparency International, but the Prime Minister-designate of
Albania, Edi Rama, has promised to change this when he takes over in
September 2013.
He told HARDtalk's Sarah Montague how he intends to fight
corruption and said he would follow the lessons of other countries that
had been successful in defeating corruption. Watch more clips at HARDtalk's website

You can
watch the full interview on BBC World News on Thursday 18 July at 14:30
and 20:30 GMT and on the BBC News Channel on Friday 19 July at 00:30
BST.

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

"Priština serious obstacle to implementation of deal"

Source: Tanjug

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vulin stated on Wednesday
that "Priština is becoming a serious obstacle to the implementation of
the Brussels agreement."

(Tanjug, file)

It
is "a strong opponent of Kosovo Serbs' integration into the
institutions envisaged by the agreement," the director of the Government
Office for Kosovo and Metohija further charged.
Vulin told
Tanjug that the latest troubling fact is the adoption of "some kind of
an administrative decision on the election of regional commander" of the
police.

"This is absolutely unacceptable for us - everything
about the election of regional commander is regulated by the Brussels
agreement and the agreement cannot be changed. What was agreed in
Brussels cannot be changed in Priština," Vulin pointed out.

He qualified as completely unacceptable the idea according to which Priština will nominate the candidates.

"This seriously violates the implementation of the Brussels agreement
and the possibility of integration of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija.
Priština thus becomes a serious obstacle to the Brussels agreement, it
threatens further continuation of talks and the Serbs' confidence that
the integration will be status neutral and exactly like it has been
agreed," he said.

"We are also quite worried about
saber-rattling Priština is resorting to - and also that certain oaths
have been taken by something that is called the future army of Kosovo,"
Vulin said, adding that Serbia asked and received guarantees from NATO
that there will be no military formation in northern Kosovo in the next
ten years.

"We take our partners at their word and ask them to
take care that no armed elements, whatever they call them, threaten
security in Kosovo and Metohija, especially the security of the Serbs,"
he noted.

Vulin also said that Serbia strongly protests against
an agreement between the so-called Kosovo security forces and the
Albanian army on mutual crossing of borders and some kind of mutual
assistance and cooperation.

"This is absolutely unacceptable
for us and it certainly does not lead to peace and stability in Kosovo
and Metohija," he stressed.

"I am afraid that, if things keep
going like this, we will come to a conclusion that Priština perhaps
wants the territory but not the Serbs. The Serbian government will not
agree with that and will not allow it," Vulin concluded.

The weekly "Impact"http://impakt.al/rajoni/investimet-turke-arrijne-10-te-gdp-se

Direct investment and contractual Turkey to Albania from the $ 100 million in 2004, went over USD 1 billion in 2010, or 10% of the GDP of the country. One of the first companies investing "Kürüm JSC Demir Celik", has obtained the concession for 20 years ex-Metallurgical Combine at Elbasan.

Likewise Turkish company "Ber-Oner" has obtained the concession for 30 years, and copper mines in the northeast. Çalikbank along with Sekerbank bought in June 2006, 60% of the shares of the National Commercial Bank and subsequently have increased their share to 75%, being one of the two largest banks in Albania. Calik Calik Enerji Group along with Turk Telekom acquired in 2007, with an amount of 120 million Euros, 76% of the shares of Albtelecom, and has set up a third mobile operator, Eagle Mobile.

Turkish firm Ayen Energy AS, has signed an agreement for the construction of a hydropower cascade River Fan, investment worth 300 million euros. Turkish Companies "Durres Kurum Shipping" and "Global Liman ISLETMELERI" have obtained the concession for 35 years the container terminal of the Port of Durres. The company has made privatization KURUM 4 H / C, worth about 120 million euros.

Fatos Lobonja: Albanians qualifies as schizophrenic, and counts the "crimes" of Ramush Haradinaj

Lobonja:
This hypocrisy so courageous can be explained by the fact that this
approach has to do with the dominance of nationalist ideology which
continue to operate in Albania and Kosovo political and cultural elites
systematically to brainwashed people.

Fatos
Lobonja, the famous Albanian publisher, in an article for the magazine "Sudosteuropa Mitteilungen",
called a murderer Ramush Haradinaj, who was released from The Hague
after the disappearance and execution of witnesses. For
this reason, he has criticized the Albanian politicians, starting from
Berisha and Rama have come out in defense though and have praised
Haradinaj for his release."The
irony is that all senior politicians celebrated the shfajësuarin have
enough information, if not to be obedient, to have serious doubts that
the Hague against Haradinaj allegations are true. So
that in 1998-1999, and especially after the NATO bombing, the KLA men
who run Haradinaj, kidnapped Serbs, Roma, Albanians, among them the
women, who were held in inhumane conditions of captivity in
makeshift prisons, tortured, raped, murdered, that has a large number
of zhdukurish, who include many Kosovo Albanians, who are among those
considered traitors KLA or not supportive of her, and that Haradinaj is
released of these charges because he and his people were feared killed and witnesses.

They
know that the Council of Europe report 2010 has described the situation
of witness protection in Kosovo as the worst in the Balkans because the
2008 decision of the ICTY, which brought Haradinaj innocent first time,
underlining difficulties in persuading witnesses from Kosovo to go to The Hague and testify. They know that the last and final trial witnesses refused to talk or changed their version of events. They know, too, that the same thing happened in the trial of one another hero KLA, Fatmir Limaj, "writes Lobonja.According to him, it's incredible how Albanians glorify these characters. This is, according to him, because we are a schizophrenic nation."This
hypocrisy so courageous can be explained by the fact that this approach
has to do with the dominance of nationalist ideology which continues to
work in Albania and Kosovo political and cultural elites systematically
to brainwashed people. Just
as in the time of communism, Albanians continue to feed on the idea
that they are nothing, as individual beings, the interests of the
nation, that they should sacrifice themselves for motherland and close
their eyes to any crime committed in his name. Thanks
to this wash machine of the cervical they continue to live among schizophrenic
glorious glorification of heroes who sacrifice themselves for the nation
and misery of hooligans who steal, even kill them - they are all being
glorified heroes, "writes one Other Lobonja.

Unknown assailants using ΑΚ-47 Kalashnikov rifles apparently fired
against the a special unit of DIAS officers early on Wednesday (around
8:40 am) when the latter attempted to check their vehicle. Press reports
said that the incident occurred on Kedrinou Street, which is located
near the Greek police department’s headquarters (GADA), on Alexandras
Avenue, in central Athens.

The reports said that immediately after the incident the suspects fled the scene in an unknown car. The automobile was later discovered by police on nearby Achaias Street.

The
incident terrorized many witnesses at the scene who began running left
and right for cover to escape the gunfire. Thankfully the officers were
not injured.

According to defencenet, police officials have now launched a manhunt for these armed criminals in the areas of Ampelokipi and Gizi.

Quoting police officials, defencenet even
said that the perpetrators might also be terrorists. For one, they were
carrying heavy weaponry and secondly they were thirsty for bloodshed.

The robberies iin northern Albania have obliged the General Police
Director, Hysni Burgaj, to summon an urgent meeting with all the police
leaders of this area.

Present in this meeting was the vice general director for the Crime Investigation, Agron Kulicaj.

During
this meeting Burgaj asked the police officers to leave the transition
period aside, to forget holidays and work harder now that citizens need
them more.

“Unfortunately the Police is not working as hard as
before. I don’t know why is this happening, but it is intolerable and
will receive the punishment it deserves, starting with the police
leaders and the basic officers”, Burgaj declared.

As for the
injuries that took place in Puke a few days ago, and for the fact that
buses with Kosovo tourists were hit with stones, Burgaj held a harsher
speech, saying that he doesn’t want to listen about similar cases that
ruin their work and the tourist season.

“What happened in Puka is
very serious and I urgently demand the collection of evidence and
arrest of those who are responsible as soon as possible”, Burgaj
declared.

Sources said for Top Channel that investigations show
that the attackers might not be residents of Puka or the surrounding
areas. They might have come to this area only to steal.

Same sources say that the investigations focused only on the robbery lead, excluding personal conflicts.

The
shells found in the area are undergoing ballistic analyses, since the
authors might have used their weapons in other Albanian areas.

The next Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, attended a two day visit in London, which he announced through a post on Twitter.

"At London’s airport, where
we landed for meeting tomorrow with the former Prime Minister Tony Blair
and his staff”, Rama declared.

This is the second meeting since
May, when Rama received the availability of the British Prime Minister
to advise Rama if he wins elections. The news was commented differently
by news outlets in London and Albania.

But Rama explained this
situation in a declaration saying that: “There is great and useless rush
to compare Blair with Podesta, which is paid by the Albanian taxpayers
to disinform the international public and to make up for the image of a
corrupted government”.

Rama declared that we “must be sure that
Blair’s good will to help Albania is priceless for the benefits, and the
agreement will not be a burden of the state budget”,

Now that
Rama has been confirmed as the next Prime Minister, this meeting takes a
special importance, since it will be used to discuss more concretely
about the help that Tony Blair will give to Rama’s government.

Together
with the announcement on Twitter Rama published a photo in the airport
terminal where some Tirana-London travelers stopped to take a picture
with the next Prime Minister of Albania.

During his stay in
London, Top Channel learned that Rama has been invited by the giant
British media BBC for an interview on Hard Talk, a political show based
on direct questions and answers of world leaders.

Russian, Serbian patriarchs criticize Serbian government

The
patriarch called for help of the Russian Orthodox Church and the
Russian government in the preservation of Kosovo and Metohija, leveling
criticism at the Serbian authorities.
Irinej underlined that
Serbia must not renounce Kosovo and Metohija, because that would imply
renouncing our history, culture, spirituality and holy sites.

“The current government is under considerable influence of the West. The
Church is doing all in its power to bind their consciousness to the
powerful Russian history and the Russian Church,” the Serbian patriarch
said.

“Russia's stance on Kosovo and Metohija is influential.
Therefore, I ask you and, through you, the state leadership to help us
solve this issue and thus preserve Kosovo and Metohija,” he added.

Patriarch Kirill reiterated that the Russian Orthodox Church agrees
with the stands of the SPC in terms of Kosovo and Metohija, and he also
criticized Serbia's political leadership.

"I regret to say that
Serbia's political leaders lack courage to take the same stands. I
believe that the political leadership should consider the stands of the
SPC and not ignore them, let alone to do that publicly," the Russian
Patriarch said at the meeting.

"We are offering our unreserved support to the SPC righteous position
in terms of Kosovo-Metohija and we will remain in the dialogue with
leaders of Russia and other countries in defending the stance that we
are sharing with the SPC," the Russian patriarch said.

"In
creating of a model for solving the Kosovo and Metohija issue, the SPC
would have to be included, and an acceptable model would have to provide
firm guarantees for the survival of the Serb community and preservation
of Serb holy sites in Kosovoand Metohija," said Kirill.

The
Russian Orthodox Church will continue to collect funds for the
reconstruction of Serb churches and monasteries in Kosovo, the Russian
patriarch said.

Patriarch Irinej on his first official visit to
Russia since his appointment. The SPC delegation will visit Russian
churches and monasteries and Orthodox holy sites in Ukraine and Belarus
during the two-week visit.

The SPC Patriarch and other
Patriarchs of autocephalous Orthodox churches will take part in marking
the 1025 years of Christianity in Russia.

The Orthodox Patriarchs will be received by the presidents of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

The main root cause of the economic crisis
can be traced back to 1974. From 1967 to 1974 Greece was ruled by a
military regime known internationally as the “Junta”. The leader of the
regime, George Papadopoulos, began developing the infrastructure of the
country at a time when it was poor at the level of other Balkan
countries.

Roads to remote areas of the country, electricity,
telephone systems, schools, and factories were built, and the country
had its most prosperous period of NATURAL economic growth not seen
since.

This is to say that the while the economy had grown, it
was growing at a slower, steadier pace without huge loans and massive
debt. It was still economically not at a level of western European
countries, yet production was there and the country was on the right
track economically. With its own factories and industries, its own
currency and its own interests without the “European Community”
dictating what it should do.

However, in 1974 this all changed,
by 1980 the current system called “Social Democracy” was put into place,
factories were closed down little by little, the country joined the
“European Commission” and Massive Loans were taken under the son of
George Papandreou Senior, Andreas Papandreou of the “PASOK” party, and
later its twin “Nea Dimokratia”.

Civil Servant Jobs,
State Funded Jobs, State Funded Government Programs, appeared almost
overnight, and within a decade a massive middle class was created. Greek
people who had been poor almost all their lives suddenly had secure
useless bureaucratic jobs all over the country.

“Vote for PASOK,
they will give your son a job” was a common phrase heard in villages
across Greece. This “miracle” was so widespread, that Greeks learned a
bureaucratic state job was superior to any other.

Useless
positions were created to produce army of loyal voters, government
jobs that may need 2 or 3 people were employing 10. Pensions, and the
near impossibility of getting fired all sweetened the deal.

As
the purchasing power increased, the once poor Greek working class was
now able to live in a way never imagined before, they felt they had
finally reached a level of prosperity only western Europeans once had.
They never questioned how this “miracle” happened. An average person,
who grows up in a small town in Greece, or anywhere for that matter
probably is not going to understand how international loans and finance works.

All the average Greek had to do was vote for PASOK or Nea Demokratia and the cars, houses and job security would keep rolling in.

While
the average Greek did not understand the cause of this “miracle”, the
western educated Greek politicians certainly did. This “miracle” came
at a price, and the price was Greece’s national autonomy. The price was
international access to all of our homeland’s resources natural,
political and economic. This was a systematic plan.

Now we are
told that the international banks who loaned Greece all this money, were
“tricked” by Greek politicians into making Greece look like a lucrative
economic investment and that now the Greek people must pay with harsh
austerity measures to compensate for this supposed trickery.

Banks
can approve or deny loans for private citizens based on things like
debt to income ratio, credit history, assets etc and is virtually never
“tricked” because the borrower
always has some kind of collateral. Yet we are to believe the banks
naively loaned billions of dollars to an entire country for decades
without suspecting there would be a default? In this case, the
collateral the banks want is our whole Nation, our people and our
future.

Russia: Biggest war games since collapse of Soviet Union

Source: Tanjug

MOSCOW
-- Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Sakhalin where he observed a
part of the large-scale military exercise staged by the Russian
military.

(Tanjug)

It
involves 160,000 troops and 5,000 tanks, and represents the largest
military maneuvers in Russia since the era of the Soviet Union.
Sakhalin
is an island in the Pacific Ocean in the Russian Far East, north of
Japan. Covering 76,400 square kilometers, it is Russia's largest island.

The maneuvers are part of Russia's recent efforts to improve the mobility and combat readiness of the Russian armed forces.

(Beta/AP)

The
drills began on Friday and continued over the weekend, and also include
several ships of the Russian Pacific Fleet, along with 130 combat
aircraft.

The maneuvers are taking place across the country,
through several time zones, and some units are deployed in areas
thousands of kilometers from their bases.

Deputy Defense Minister
Anatoly Antonov told foreign military attaches that the exercise was
part of regular combat training and was not directly aimed against any
one country.

This is the fourth military drill called suddenly since the start of the year.

(Beta/AP)

The
previous included military exercises in the Black Sea and in the north
of the country, and each saw participation of an increasing number of
troops and equipment.

At the same time the modernization of the
Russian army is continuing - an equivalent of USD 640 billion has been
set aside for this purpose through 2020.

For the current
exercise, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, on the orders of the
Russian president and commander-in-chief, Vladimir Putin, raised the
combat readiness of 160,000 officers and soldiers, 1,000 tanks and
armored vehicles, 130 military aircraft, including fighter and bomber
aircraft, and 70 warships.

Christof Lehmann (nsnbc),-
On Saturday Turkey´s Prime Minister R. Tayyip Erdogan and the Freedom
and Justice Party passed legislation in Turkey´s parliament that
significantly changed the status of Turkey´s
armed forces. Law changes, endowing police and intelligence services
with sweeping powers over protesters are expected. The law changes
constitute part of a soft-power, but de facto coup d´etat and prepare
the dismantling of the Turkish Republic.

On Saturday, the Turkish parliament amended a regulation for Turkey´s armed forces, which ended the military´s role as guardian of Turkey´s constitution and the status of Turkey as a secular republic.

Likewise,
legislation is being prepared to endow Turkey´s police and national
intelligence service with sweeping powers. The legislative changes
constitute additional steps in years of use of Turkey´s democratic
institutions by the Muslim Brotherhood or Freedom and Justice Party
government, to rein in the power of the army, that was once prone to staging coups when the national integrity or the secular status of Turkey´s constitution was threatened, and an additional step to endow Turkey´s police with sweeping powers as instrument of political control.

Amendment
of Armed Forces Regulation Part of de facto Coup d´Etat. Prior to the
amendment of the armed forces regulation, article 35 specified, that it
was among the duties of Turkey´s Armed Forces to protect and preserve the Turkish Republic.

After Saturday´s amendment of article 35, the article states, that it is the duty of the Armed Forces of Turkey
to defend the nation against external threats and dangers. The
amendment thus reduces the military´s function to that of an instrument,
solely for the protection of the boundaries of the nation, but not the
protection of the republic.

Large parts of Turkey´s secular opposition perceive the amendment as an additional step in a sweeping power grab
by the Muslim Brotherhood, which much like the administration of
Egypt´s President Mohammed Morsi was, is misusing democratic
institutions to institute Islamic rule and to dismantle the the secular constitution.

The amendment of Turkey´s
army regulation comes shortly after Egypt´s army prevented a similar de
facto Islamist coup d´etat by a people-powered coup d´etat. Also Turkey
has been shaken by popular uprisings and heavy clashes between
protesters and Turkey´s police forces. While the protests in Turkey
focus on Gezi Park and Taksim Square, the protests oppose a “sneaking
erosion of Turkey´s secular constitution”. Large parts of Turkey´s
opposition and a large percentage of the general population, are also
accusing R. Tayyip Erdogan of participation in a US-backed plan to
dismantle the Turkish Republic to create smaller states.

As late
as 2007, Turkey´s army had issued a warning to the administration of
Prime Minister R. Tayyip Erdogan, stating that Turkey´s Armed Forces are
taking their obligation to protect the constitutionality and integrity
of the Turkish Republic as a secular state with political and religious
freedom seriously.

The amendment is, according to several
analysts, also tied to the final trial hearings and sentencing in the
controversial Ergenkon trials, in which 300 military officers stand accused for espionage, and another 300 officers as well as dozens of civilians, including the chairman of one of Turkey´s opposition parties, Dr. Dogu Perencik from the Workers´Party – Turkey, stand accused of passing on secret information.

According to many international lawyers
as well as independent analysts, the Ergenkon arrests constituted a de
facto coup d´etat already. The amendment of the Armed Forces Regulations
consolidates the coup, and is,
according to analysts, a move to prevent a similar situation as that in
Egypt, where President Mohammed Morsi was ousted after illegally
amending Egypt´s constitution so as to favor his own and other Islamist
parties, while making it all but impossible for secular parties to
register for elections.

Amendment of Armed Forces Regulation
preparing Turkey´s Military for Regional NATO War. Additionally, the
regulation was amended, so that it has become the duty of Turkey´s armed
forces to help ensure international peace. Turkey´s opposition warns,
that this could be interpreted so, that the Turkish Armed Forces are
being transformed into a regional striking power for NATO.

This
part of the amendment is particularly causing concern because it has
become known that the Erdogan administration has been taking part in
preparing the illegal aggression against its neighbor Syria, long before
the first protests in Syria erupted in 2011.

Turkey is the
primary front-line state in the war against Syria, and the vast majority
of weapons shipments and fresh mercenaries are coming into Syria via
Turkey.

Journalists as well as the Syrian government have numerous times reported about the presence of Turkish military officers
inside Turkey. In some incidents Turkish troops as well as pilots were
directly involved in combat operations, where they were fighting
alongside al-Qaeda associated mercenaries, against Syrian Armed Forces.

In
two incidents, the Turkish armed forces have been directly implicated
in the use of chemical weapons. During a chemical weapons attack that
killed 25 and injured more than 100 in Khan al-Assal, Aleppo, the
chemical laden missile was fired from a “rebel”held position. The Syrian
government claimed, that members of Turkey´s military intelligence
were present in that area. Likewise, Turkish troops and pilots were
reportedly taking part in battles for the Ming air field. A chemical
laden missile was fired from the region where the Turkish troops were
reported to be.

According to recently disclosed intelligence, the
anti-Syrian political and military opposition as well as the
international alliance that supports them, are planning a major
political and military campaign against Syria in August and September,
and part of the strategy is reportedly, to justify calls for an
international military intervention and the establishment of a
no-fly-zone by using chemical weapons. Also because of these facts, the
amendment is causing gravest concerns among members of Turkey´s opposition and among international analysts.

Turkey´s Opposition Split

Turkey´s
opposition is split with regard to the amendment. While the M.P.s of
the Republican People´s Party, CPH, and those of the Peace and Democracy
Party, BNP voted concurrently with the Freedom and Justice Party, AKP,
the Nationalist Movement Party, MHP, voted against the amendment.
Although many members of parliament have voted concurrently, in favor of
the amendment, their endorsement of the amendment elicits a disconnect
between the Members of Parliament and the parties basis as well as the
majority of the general population.

The AKP and Erdogan

Administration
are reportedly also strengthening Turkey´s police force as well as
Turkey´s National Intelligence Service by militarizing the police forces
and by endowing the police and intelligence services with far reaching
new powers over protesters, whom Prime Minister Erdogan described as
terrorists last month, when he threatened that protesters who refused to
leave Taksim Square would be charged and treated as terrorists.

Taksim 12 june 2013

Egyptian
Pattern Repeated in Turkey. Protests in Turkey erupted on 31 May, after
a violent crack down on peaceful protesters who had occupied the
historically significant Gezi Park to protest again the destruction of
the Park and Taksim Square. The protesters compared the destruction of
historical sites, which are representing the Turkish Revolution and the establishment of the Turkish Republic with a secular constitution,
and plans to substitute the historical sites by building a shopping
mall and by re-erecting military barracks from Turkey´s Ottoman period
as direct affront against the constitution and as an attempt to re-write history.

Protests
have continued on a daily basis ever since 31 May, and analysts expect
that mass protests will reoccur in September during the last phases of
the Ergenkon trial. Like the ousted Mohammed Morsi, R. Tayyip Erdogan
uses democratic institutions in a soft-power and sneaking, but never the
less de facto coup d´etat. Like Mohammed Morsi in Egypt, R. Tayyip
Erdogan has to fear that the military ultimately will side with the
people. The difference between Turkey and Egypt is, that the Erdogan
administration has started its coup d´etat by weakening the military
with the arrest of 600 officers. Whether his strategy will succeed or
not remains an open question which may be answered in September.

Time to start "Albanian Lion 2013" exercises in Southern Albania

6000 British sailors and marines will exercise in Porto Palermo of Himara and Orikum Naval Base

HotelsofHimaraRegion,Britishtouristshave beenadded

THE
"desperately difficult" terrain of Albania has been the setting for two
weeks of November 2012, of amphibious exercises for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

Now, is to start the Exercise
Albanian Lion 2013 which will involve more then 6,000 sailors, soldiers and Marines of British Navy.

Named
the Response Force Task Group, a fleet of Royal Navy warships, hundreds
of Royal Marines and elements of the Army have been exercising in the
Mediterranean whilst also being on standby for any Government
re-taskings.

The
company was formed on the 6th January 1942 from volunteers at RAF
Habbanyia in Iraq to safe guard against Axis infiltration through the
Caucuses, the area being mostly impassable terrain the enemy would need
to rely on existing roads, tunnels and railways. The [AOC] Air Officer
Commanding Iraq, Air vice Marshal Hugh De Crespigny reasoned that a
parachute company consisting of trusted indigenous servicemen, could
destroy these access points and slow German advance, after the operation
they would be able to discard their uniforms and blend in with the
local population evading capture.

Lectures were given to the
regular Levies on the needs to establish a parachute company and
volunteers were asked for without enticement, no increase of pay or
privileges were offered, this was to ensure that only the “right type”
would volunteer. 1000 volunteered for the task and were put through a
rigorous selection process, after two weeks of gruelling exercises only
the fittest were selected, the 1,000 volunteers were filtered down to
150 Assyrians and 50 Kurds, and these were to form the initial company
personnel commanded by Major Barnes. By December 1942, parachute
training had commenced from Vickers Valencia’s, the only Aircraft
available. The Valencia was so outdated and slow that it was nicknamed
the “flying Pig” by the RAF, but it did serve useful as a parachute
training aircraft, the fuselage was large enough to accommodate 20 men
with equipment..................................... continues....................

J. Bettany and John Japp of No.2 Cdo , Frank Gilles of the RSR, and partisan Martho Rapo

This
photo is part of a group taken during Operation Healing 2 , the raid on
Spilje, Albania July 1944. The No.2 Commandos shown are L/Cpl. John
Japp, Pte. J. Bettany, and they are with Cpl. Frank Gillies - Raiding
Support Regt. The Albanian Partisan with the sten gun is Martho Rapo. (
Update by Pete Rogers)

Update 16/10/11 by Pete R. Des Rochford of
No.2 Cdo provides a copy of this photo to Paul Bell confirming details
and adding the fact of Cpl. Gillies being in the RSR.

The Panepirotic Federation of America vehemently condemns the brutal destruction by Albanian authorities on August 26 of a Greek Orthodox Church in the Chimara region of the former Communist nation that once prohibited all forms of religious worship. The Church of St. Athanasius in the town of Drymades, known in Albanian as Dhermi, was completely destroyed by government agents acting on the authority of Albania’s Interior Ministry.

Petitioning European Council

The land in Himara belongs to the people of Himara! Land and property registration NOW! Signe now this petition to the European Councile, for the registration of properties to the only and single eligible owner: the PEOPLE of Himara.

Himara Community of USA, Addresses Himarra Property Issues with US State Department / Ambassador

The Honorable John F. Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Department of State Dear Mr. Secretary: We are writing to inform you of issues affecting United States citizens who have vested interests in the municipality of Himarra, Albania, and to express our concern about their long outstanding and unresolved problems regarding property rights. Over 1500 US citizens of Himarrioton descent are disenfranchised of their rights to the ownership of their family properties which were confiscated in 1945 by the communist regime. They have been attempting to claim their family properties since the end of the communist period without success due to the laws and policies of the Albanian government which a) fail to address ownership rights of pre-1945 landowners, b) fail to address the rights of owners who were forced to emigrate to the United States for economic or political reasons, and c) fail to address the rights of those with dual citizenship who have attempted to claim their properties as Albanian citizens.

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Officially: Omonoia, In Albania over 300.000 Greeks declared

30 % or 86,000, are declared electronically and this process includes 85 % of the members of the Greek minority Vlora Prefecture is the mostly populated by Greeks, there are about 90. 000 Greeks. TIRANA - Democratic Union of the Greek Ethnic Minority, Omonoia publishes the results of the census of members of the Ethnic Greek Community, organized by it structures. The Prime Census, was the decision of the General Council of the organization as members argued for exclusion of the Greek minority in the months Census October 2011, organized by the Institute of Statistics .

The history of elections of the Albanian dictator, to terrorize the people of Himara

A special Edition by SManalysis December 2, 1945: The Himariotes, abstaining from communist referendum, as happens usually for Himara the Albanian historians, never wrote this tragic history. Nikos Koutoulas, who boldly told the special communist court: "I'm Greek . I do not know Albanian, get me a interpret!" Still now, Albania never hold free politic elections, including Himara Municipality

Albanian Writer Raises Storm in Kosovo

Kosovo officials have rounded on Albanian writer Fatos Lubonja for saying that the political elites in both countries turned a blind eye to the crimes of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA. Besar Likmeta BIRN Tirana Albanian writer Fatos Lubonja In the article published in the May edition of the magazine Sudosteuropa, Lubonja focused on the reaction of Albania’s political class to the acquittal of the former KLA commander and Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj by the Hague Tribunal. Lubonja wrote that following Haradinaj’s release, the elite in Pristina and Tirana celebrated him as a hero, despite having enough information that the charges brought by prosecutors in the Hague were correct.

As long as human rights and civil liberties are violated in Himara Region primarily property, Greec

Himara Associations: Athens to block the status of Albania, if Tirana, does not solve the property issue Two associations based in Himara, "The Himara Community" and "Sea Coastal Association" have asked in a statement distributed to the media this afternoon that Greece "should block the candidate status for Albania" if Tirana, will not solve the problems of Human Rights and particularly the issue of the properties in Himara Region. The statement takes into consideration the visit Tirana following day of E.Venizelos the Greek Deputy Prime Minister also heads the Presidency of the European :

Albania minorities object to territorial division

Albania's civil society is calling on officials to diffuse tensions and protect minorities from discrimination and potential violence as a result of the decision to scrap the existing municipalities and create a new territorial administration. The government reduced the 384 local government units to 65, effectively creating entirely Albanian-majority municipalities. Greek, Macedonian and other minority representatives said the government's move violates their rights and international norms.

Poll: Albania, the most racist country in Europe

An international survey data from the World Value Survey collected and processed by the Washington Post reveals that Albania is the most racist country in Europe and worldwide more racists. The survey attempts to make a connection between economic development and being tolerant inside a society with ethnic crashes.. Thus, the most tolerant countries in the world are the Nordic countries, Great Britain and some of its former colonies, the United States, Canada and Australia. Countries with high tolerance are also in Latin America, where Venezuela exception.

Fatos Lobonja: Albania needs formatting not to rebirth

Fatos Lobonja, in an interview for the program "PULS" the KohaVision in Kosovo, there appeared criticism of developments in Albania. According Lubonja Albanians as a society still can not be consolidated. The reasons, according to him, are corrupt Albanian political elites on all sides, inside and abroad. He said they did not thirst for power leaves organize and move forward. Edi Rama's arrival at the head of government, according Lubonja, will not change the image of Albania, because Rama is associated with the oligarchs and organized crime. " He should answer that elite and non-citizens of Albania ", Lobonja estimates.

Nicholas Gage: Athens to give soon the Greek citizenship for thousand north epiriotes

World Council delegation of Epirus Abroad, meeting with the Ministry of Interior for the vote of northern epiriotes and the resolve the pension problem The visit of Nicholas Gage, is considering as the latest diplomatic effort of USA lobbing, for implementation of the "Protocol of Corfu" agreement, between Albania and Greece, based on the ulterior escalation in Balkan region. The Delegation of the World Council of Foreign Relation of Epirus (PSIE) headed by the Honorary President Nicolas Gkatzogianni, had a working meeting with the Greek Interior minister Stylianidis and v/ minister Syrigos.

Himariotes, lobbying in USA, for Autonomy

A group of people of Himara, with American citizenship, are lobbying to the US Congress and the State Department, that the Himara Region, receive the right for autonomy, according to international historical right to his self-determination. Proposed to merge all associations operating in USA, Greece and Albania, to be united in a single purpose: Autonomous Himara, Movements in the Balkans geopolitical, Mitrovica case, cutting pension from Greece, scarce public investment, robbery and illegal registration of property, etc., have raised a great concern, as never in the recent relationship of Himara, Albanian and Greek state relationship.

Pyrros Dimas, meeting with the Greek Minister of Labour, for problem of pensions to the Northern Ep

- Initiative of MP of PASOK, Pyrros Dimas for preparing and drafting a legislative proposal in collaboration with representatives of the Northern Epirus organizations. - The Minister agreed on the need to find a solution and urged the Member to develop concrete proposals, and that after consultation with the Secretary of the New Republic, Manolis Kefaloyiannis will be submitted jointly to the Minister of Finance.

"Kakome Case" again to the Albanian Tribunals

The Greek Community continues to "constant war" with the Albanian government to protect property. The apathy of Athens, to respond to the robbery of the properties in just the time, that OSCE, under the process of the registration of property in Ionian Coast, from European taxpayers, without any trasparence, is favoring according to Albanian law, alienation of property, of the Greek community , with the false documents.

Berisha: albanophobia threatens inter region

Berisha: "We must accept that they are the only people who live in 5 states. A nation that is unjustly divided into 5 states, a nation that wants to look to a common future. But again albanophobia is still in action " Albanian Prime Minister for the second time, threatening Greece, claiming that Albanians in Greece, should join the Albanian state.

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Christos Pappas, in an interview with Arthur Zhei, News 24 TV

Pappas: "Northern Epirus is a region that holds arbitrary from Albania, as recognized by the great powers, the Protocol of Corfu. The Law of War against Albania, can not remove from Papoulias nor Greek parliament, but the Greek army is ready to liberate the Northern Epirus, again

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After a life threatening message to Archbishop Janullatos

42 Orthodox clergy against census and Red & Black Alliance: Janullatos has not afraid of death 42 Tirana archdiocese Orthodox clergy have reacted with a joint statement in defense of Anastasios Yannoulatos. Their attitude comes after strong reactions against the Red & Black Alliance, for Archbishop and after a census that sees Orthodox in third place in terms of religion in the country.

Albania: 100 years, Berisha plays 'great Albania' trump card

In Tirana Albanian leaders, tensions with Macedonia 28 November, 10:49 (ANSAmed) - TIRANA, NOVEMBER 28 - Albania's black and red national flag with a double-headed eagle is waving across the country which is celebrating today its 100th anniversary of independence in a tense political climate. The centre-right Premier Sali Berisha has been calling for days for an ethnic-national unification of all Albanians living in different Balkan states, in efforts to revive a strong nationalism which is rejected by Albania's opposition.

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CONTINUES THE DEBATE IN WASHINGTON D.C. FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS FROM NORTHERN

According to the Greek organisation of Albania estimates there are thousands of Greek American citizens from Northern Epirus (Southern Albania) which is refering the Journalist Lambros Papantoniou, asking the Spokesman of State Department for the rights of American citizens with Greek origin to take their properties in Southern Albania. Papantoniou is refereeing a Memo between Albanian State and USA about the civil rights especially for the properties of American citizens who are interested to take them according to Albanian Constitution and laws the properties of family generation. This is the second debate of the veteran Journalist for Balkan Issues in State Department Lambros Papantoiou who accuses over all the Sali Berisha Regim in Albania supported by the President Bush.

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Avramopoulos`s speach during NATO meeting

Greece threatens Albania blocking the integration process after Berisha's statements Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, has expressed his concern at the NATO ministerial meeting about rising tide of nationalism in Albania and premature declarations of the government. In a press release the Greek Foreign Ministry said that "the growth of nationalism and populism in some of our neighboring countries is a source of great concern."

The U.S. talk of "change of borders in the Balkans"

Message-warning sent to Albania by the U.S. representative to the State Department, which in a statement said that any change of borders in the Balkans "would be counterproductive and destabilizing," but the issue is that for the first time put the U.S. even and negative mood on any change of borders in the Balkans ...

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THE BIG CHANGE IN PERIVOLO, DRYMADES, HIMARA REGION

Dhermi, (Drymades, Himara Region) between natural beauty and destruction Look at those videos, before in 2010, everything natural and in 2012 the differences, the big changes how are divided Mafia plots, see whose investments are shown, with the camera of a sportsman parachute, in Long Beach "Perivolo" in Dhrymades, the Himara Region. Look at how this summer 2012, the Concessions of Mafia provided by The Himara Counsil Municipality and the Government of Albania, have become a reality. The Sand Beach Drymades, is transformed in the sidewalks and kiosks. See how they are transformed Dhermi, in a few years, in an administrative center, disrupting also balance the religious and ethnic composition of himariotes.

Robert Elsie: If I would live in Albania, it would be crazy. It is the same as in Ottoman times

After known albanolog Milan Shufla, Robert Elsie is the best conteproranean albanian albanolog in the World During his intereweu on "Top Channely TV, Robert Elsie, on his first interview on TV. expresed his story about Albanian and Albanian state in 100 years. An interesting tale scholar known for his work difficulties in view of the Albanian language. Elsie, who knows Albanians for years, amounts to a chilling conclusion. He says he will not ever live in Albania, as it will go mad. "I can not live here. It's a little wild for me, the relationships between people are a bit wild. I know that is just a facade that inside have good spirit, but have a rabies in human relations. You know how to protect yourself here, and here I am like a rabbit, he can not defend myself. I come here with pleasure, but do not believe they can afford to come and live here forever. There is much frustration of everyday life. Life is too short and I do not have time to bump into obstacles, only to achieve something, when in another country and get away and then live my life, "said Elsie to Albanian. And while Enver Hoxha's Albania as compared with that of Sali Berisha, adds: "There is something that depends only on the party, it's more the attitude of the people. So to get something going, you have to know someone in the Ministry, to drink coffee with, then drink coffee again next week with even a third time, and then he connects with the person that you are interested . That is the same as in Ottoman times, not like a normal country. ".

Separatists gaining ground in Europe

Greece, is going to Plan B: grant for 600 thousand Greek citizenship, at the Consulates

Failure of the Census in Albania, apparently, has forced Athens, put in place, going to Plan B to its foreign policy, grant citizenship to all Hellenic Community of Northern Epirus (Greek passports) through three Greek consulates in Albania. According to “The Albanian newspaper Gazeta Shqiptare”, in a statement issued by the Greek Consul in Argjirokaster, Nikolaos Kotroxois, will begin soon, giving the Greek passports to Albanian citizens of Greek descent, who have applied for years. The decision is taken, after Athens, has used all diplomatic sources to have to Tirana, the same wavelength, particularly in geopolitical matters, particularly Kosovo. In his statement, the Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas, noted, that Tirana, continues to show towards Greece, feeling not sincere cooperation, while simultaneously calling for the right to self-determination of the Greek community in Albania.

BERISHA: GREATER ALBANIA, WE LOST TERRITORIES

he Albanian Prime Minister held a meeting with Prishtina University students, in which he argued why he is against the unification of Albania with Kosovo and why both countries would lose, if borders would be changed. “The vital interest of the Albanians is to preserve the current borders, and the Albanians should not accept, at any cost, to lose a single square meter of the land they are entitled to. Another redraw of the borders would mark undeserved losses of the Albanian territories. We must be patient, free, and should not undertake any action that threatens territorial losses. Every generation has to make its duty, and this generation made it”, Berisha declared.

Dimas:"The Greek ethnic Community in Albania has the right of free of charge self-determination"

The reliability of the results of population census in Albania, in terms of minority groups, directly challenging the foreign minister Stavros Dimas, diaminyontas same time that the Respect for human and minority rights is … crucial criterion for the progress of the accession method of our neighbor. In a letter sent to the Home in response to a question from a Member of LA.OS K. Aivaliotis, Dimas says that “the foreign ministry has closely followed all the developments surrounding the census in Albania, even though produced timely plays, both bilateral and European level to make sure the integrity process and unimpeded registration of members of the Greek National Minority, and each location of residence of such ». As outlined, the “Selection of the representatives of the main minority groups, including the Greek National Minority, invite their members to abstain in protest not guaranteed to respect the right of free of charge self-determination, showed a significant deficit of trust minority in the Albanian state, which ought to itself the Albanian government to address priority ».

The Constitutional Court Decision on December 1, the Latter abolished the term Ethnic certificate of Its Citizens. In the Decision, panels argues why the notion of "nationality" is incompatible with the constitution When Its state charter law does not provid a clear definition of Its meaning. In Assessing the Court, "nationality" as defined concept without, unlike Other components of civil law does not Create a link that 'translates the Mutual rights and duties of Natural Persons and state.

While the total population in Himara Municipality, does not exceed 12 thousand inhabitants, a source from the prosecution of Vlora, shows that the problems of ownership at the squirrels region have reached the 7500 court proceedings and special investigations, which marks a world record, by how a country like Albania, could not manage the right of ownership, in one of the areas attacked by the Albanian mafia and international. However, the U.S. Department Report for 2004 on human rights in Albania, states clearly that in the Himara Municipality, the community lands and the Orthodox Church, was robbed by a Courts with false documents, supported by the Office of Propetry Registration in Albania.

Arben Puto: Albania has declared war against Greece first

In his book "The Italian Greek War", Arben Puto, well known historian of the era of dictatorship in Albania, writes that: "In a unanimous decision of the Albanian Parliament on July 15, 1940, was ratified, the Italian Fascist royal decree, which declared all war allies France and Britain, including the USA and Greece. So need to Albanians, to be aware that Greece was not declared war Albania, but Albania, with military battalions that attacked Greece on 28 October 1940 ".

WB returns to Ionian Riviera residence reconstruction

Another World Bank project is being executed with the help of the Albanian authorities for the reconstruction of the residences in Albania’s southern coastline. The 625.000 USD project aims to protect and promote the values of the Albanian national architecture in the Southern part of the country, in order to prevent destruction and abandonment of the traditional houses. “Shqip” newspapers says that the Ministry of Public Works is the WB partner in the “Roofs and Facades” project. The implementation of the program has started in the villages classified as participators: Dhermi i Vjeter, Qeparo i Vjeter, Ilias, Vuno, Himare e Vjeter, Piqeras, Nivice and Luksht. The World Bank will finance 70% of the restauration cost, with a maximum of 7000 USD, while the program “Accommodation and Breakfast” will finance 50 of the restoration cost, with a maximum of 5,000 USD. The program “Roofs and Facades” aims to restore 72 houses in 18 months. 20 of them will adopt with the conditions of modern life, in the framework of the program “Accommodation and Breakfast”.

In Albania, at 20 years post-dictatorship, 8 thousands murders, for the issue of property

The shocking data, are given by the Prosecutor General, to the Albanian press Shocking facts which, in the wake of Albania rank Civil War, the high level of killings, including the year 1997 Through the Albanian press, Attorney General, has published shocking facts about the increasing number of murders in Albania, especially for issues of ownership. Clic on photo ....

Himara 26 centuries, a history of glorious Independence

HIMARA, THE NEXT MONTE CARLO`S IN EPIRUS

First step to Greater Albania: Kosovo Opens First Highway Section

A 38 kilometre-tranche of the road, which will eventually cross the country from the Albanian to Serbian border, was opened on Saturday. The first section, which runs from Vermica on the Albanian border to close to the town of Suhareka, cost 330 million euro. Senior Kosovo and Albania government officials were present at the inauguration ceremony. In a speech, Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga said that the "highway has the role of linking nations and countries". "It is our link with important European corridors. Our coordinated policy will make us a free and equal members of the European Union," she added. Named the "Ibrahim Rugova Highway", after Kosovo's most famous president, the road connects with Albania's first highway, which was also built by the Turkish-American consortium Bechtel-Enka.

George Goro: Registration of properties on the southern coast of Albania faces difficulties

The process of registration of property in southern coastal areas of Albania is getting quite difficult. Mayor George Himara Goro says it has so far only completed the registration of houses and land but not land. Problems with documentation and the implementation of the Land Law difficult, according to him, residents in this process.

The Monument of Independence of Albania, is in hassle

PDIU Cam Community Party, the Socialist Party's local leader in Vlora, and "Red & Black Alliance", are making a nationalistic competition, the Monument of Independence and the Albanian national flag. Few days ago, Prime Minister Sali Berisha, said the establishment of a new monument to the independence of Albania in Tirana, implying, dismiss the historical tradition of Albanian independence in Vlora.

Himarrioton Society of America

The Himarriotans of America, motivated by the love of Himarra, the land of their native origin, and dedicated to the noblest ideals of their forfathers, have established this organization which aspires to the cultivation and preservation of Himarriotic culture in America, to making a positive difference in the lives of its members, and to promoting the rights and interests of the Himarriotans in Himarra, through the realization of patriotic, charitable, philanthropic, educational and cultural endeavors.

Opinion in Kosovo: "Socialists in Albania, are filo Greek"

The Chairman of the Opposition in Albania, Edi Rama, accused by the press in Kosovo that "he is with filo Greek sentiments" If, Sali Berisha, Albania's current prime minister, is expected both in Macedonia and Kosovo, as president of the Albanian nation, this has not happened with the chairman of the opposition in Albania, Edi Rama. During a recent visit to Kosovo, Edi Rama is unpopular, the fact that the perception of public opinion in Kosovo, is that the south, is the area close to Greece, but especially Rama and the Socialist Party, was accused of holding a position filo Greek, against the interests of Greater Albania.